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December 03, 2025 | Watchdog Weekly

Hannah Story Brown

Newsletter AbundanceClimate and EnvironmentEthics in GovernmentTechTrump 2.0

Reclaiming an Abundant and Democratic Future in the Age of AI

One of the defining characteristics of American life in the twenty-first century is its extreme imbalance: excess amid scarcity. While the world teems with a surplus of disposable consumer goods, essentials like healthcare, housing, education, and energy are prohibitively expensive. Much of this imbalance is by design. Powerful corporations profit from distorting public goods into private commodities, and individual and collective choices are replaced by corporate prescriptions that do not meet our needs. This dynamic is particularly visible in the tech industry forcing artificial intelligence into every corner of our lives, regardless of whether it is wanted.

September 10, 2025 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter

Hannah Story Brown

Newsletter DOGEEthics in GovernmentExecutive BranchRevolving DoorTechTrump 2.0

A Portal into Pandemonium

Years ago, during the first Trump administration, our organization led a Swamp Tour of DC, taking a bus around the city and describing how various swamp monsters earned their spot on a tour of DC’s most corrupt and self-serving political operatives. Today, as our Jeff Hauser and Timi Iwayemi recently wrote in The American Prospect, the swamp runneth over: we are living through by far the most corrupt presidency in U.S. history. 

August 27, 2025 | The American Prospect

Hannah Story Brown

Op-Ed Climate and EnvironmentExecutive BranchGovernment CapacityTrump 2.0

Trump Is Blinding the Government to Methane Pollution. But Others Are Still Watching.

Methane makes up a small portion of greenhouse gas emissions in terms of quantity, but it is one of the most important drivers of climate change, as it’s over 80 times more powerful at trapping heat than carbon dioxide in its first 20 years in the atmosphere. A significant amount of the extreme warming that we will experience in our lifetimes, and the planetary tipping points that we breach, will be propelled by methane—and emissions are rising faster than ever.